OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

The 'Olive-sided Flycatcher', ''Contopus cooperi'', is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.
Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail.
Their breeding habitat is coniferous woods across Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States, and other types of wooded area in California. The female usually lays 3 eggs in a shallow open cup nest on a horizontal tree branch. The male defends a large area around the nesting territory. Both parents feed the young birds.
These birds migrate to Central America and the Andes region of South America.
They wait on a perch at the top of a tree and fly out to catch insects in flight.
The song is a whistled ''quick-three beers''. The call is a rapid ''pip pip pip''.
The numbers of this bird are declining, probably due to loss of habitat in its winter range.
'Note on taxonomy.' ''Contopus borealis'' is a junior synonym of ''Contopus cooperi'', according to the 1997 AOU checklist, quoted by BISON. The name of this species is listed as ''Contopus borealis'' in many older guides.

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★ Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

External Links

★ Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

★ Olive-sided Flycatcher Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

★ Olive-sided Flycatcher Information - South Dakota Birds and Birding